children's day

we celebrated children's day today and practically the whole day was given in to celebration although half of it was meant to be lessons. good on my part also, haha. a 2hr concert in the hall, and then games in the classroom and a movie screening for the kids in the 'after school' programme. we watched charlie and the chocolate factory! and better still they got served kachang pootah from us. free flow some more. at least they enjoyed themselves lah. one thing's for sure, they received better presents than us in the past mann. stickers, snacks and pencils were all we got. now they've got pouches, stationaries, books, ice cream! and many more! oh my goodness.

well, my only gift to you little ones out there is my prayer for you all to be good and obedient children of God who will grow to be faithful followers of Him and do-ers of His will with an everlasting mentality to seek righteousness and the heart to serve one another. Amen!

unfortunately we didnt sing the usual children day's song this time. for us who could remember, it's lyrics goes something like this;

Sama-sama maju ke hadapan
Pandai cari pelajaran
Jaga diri dalam kesihatan
Serta sopan-santun dengan kawan-kawan
Dengan hati bersih serta suci
Sama-sama hormat dan berbudi
Jaga tingkah pemuda-pemudi
Adat dan budaya junjung tinggi
Capailah lekas cita-cita pemudi-pemuda
Supaya kita ada harga di mata dunia

Kalau kita lengah serta lupa
Hidup kita sia-sia
Jiwa besar sihat serta segar
Rajin dengan sabar tentu bahagia
Lemah lembut perangai pemudi
Cergas tangkas wataknya pemuda
Suka rela selalu berbakti
Sikap yang pembela dan berjasa
Capailah nama yang mulia pemudi-pemuda
Rajinlah supaya berjaya semoga bahagia!

and after all these i finally found the translation. hah!

Together we progress
Clever at seeking knowledge
Take care of your health
And be courteous to your friends
With a clean and pure heart
We respect and do good to each other
Watch your behaviour, oh youths
Respect and honour your customs and traditions
Quickly reach your goals/dreams, oh youths
So that we'll have our worth, in this world

If we are lazy and forgetfulOur lives are worthless
A big heart and a fresh mind
Hardworking and patience will bring happiness
Soft-spoken is the lady
Energetic and tenacious is the man
Charitable, always contributing
Having a righteous spirit and doing good
Attain a respectable position, oh youths
Be hardworking so that you will succeed, may you achieve happiness!

so to all the kids out there including myself, have a happy and blessed children's day!

happy for me also cause i have monday off! whooray (:

forbidden city

caught forbidden city at the esplanade with chanel today - her treat, haha xie xie ni :). the acting was great, the music was amazing, the props were amusingly clever and the show was just fantastic. a local production all singaporeans should catch!

on the other hand, hady won singapore idol! i like johnathan better though. :(

TGIF

TGIF! yes, thank God its friday!

working the past 2 weeks have made me appreciate fridays and weekends much more.

being able to catch up with sec school friends i havent met for awhile, spending time with her, renting dvds and going down to borders, kino or ikea (if im not lazy that is) usually makes my day :)

uniquely me

ive been attached to an 'after school' programme that takes place everyday for the accademically weaker kids and those with family background problems. as though tuitoring and mentoring these lttle ones is already enough of a challege, now you have to control these kids to sit down and ensure they finish their homework for the day. 5 minutes of stoning at their worksheets and theyre up from their seats running around the classroom to find trouble with the other pupils. sheesh. as on the verge of blasting at them, i recalled the times i used to be one of these little terror myself, or perhaps worst. and likewise my parents would shout and cane me just to have me sit down and concentrate. the cane and the books usually went together. i'd run around the dinning table as my mom would chase me with the cane and sometimes she'd start laughing (i was cute back then), but of course that didnt happen most of the time. when she wasnt around i'd throw the canes out of the window but sadly she'd come home with even more. looking at the kids was perhaps another reflection of myself at that stage of life. now in their shoes, i realised then that it was never easy for my parents to control me (not that i was naughty but you know, boys will be boys :] ) but more importantly it must have had hurt them much more to have me disciplined in such a way. afterall, they only wanted what every parent wants for their child - the best. im grateful for how my parents had brought me up. i guess it was mostly the bad and terrorizing times that made me mature the most.

art lessons

the p2s had art lesson today and this was what they were made to draw after watching an episode from my lappy.

see if you can recongize these characters! haha.

getting familiar...?

2 days on the job

two days on the job and they sure have brought back much memories from the long forgotten days. for some reason, the food at the canteen still taste exactly the same ( the char siew rice, fried rice, loh mee, home cooked dishes, hor fan, liang mao shui, etc!) and so does the smell of the staff room. haha! was surprised to see many of the familiar faces still there after such a looong time. for those of us who could remember the few prominent ones - mrs habi (yes, she is still scolding the kids after every recess), ms angela leow (who never seems to age) mrs lisa soh (the music teacher), mr joshua tan (hah, you should know. he's in BB now) and many chinese teachers whose names i can never remember. haha.

a very warm and welcoming little family indeed. im sure im gonna like it here for the next 3 weeks :)

also, results were out today. nothing close to fantastic yet i thought a gpa of 3.5 was rather ok at least for the first time. so yep, im glad!

back to 'school' tomorrow

enough of camps and excessive computer gaming. my application of relief teaching at fmps got accepted and work begins tomorrow! :) the working hours isnt very ideal (10am -4pm) but will make the best of it lah. lets hope i'll be given a desk in the staff room too and that i'll haf free periods to do some surfing or updating this blog. heh heh. not forgetting that results will be released this friday, lets keep each other in our prayers.

in any case, check out our mobile 'cybercafe' that followed us wherever we went for the past week. whoo!

holidays (:

five days into the holidays and it already seems like so much's been done! it was the first time doing many things including baking cookies for teachers' day, muffins and sushi as well, going out to sea and spending close to 15hours of lan gaming with johnathan and gang. haha. whoo! now this is what you call HOLIDAYS :) but then again to those preparing for their exams, do look on the bright side, study hard now and look forward to your holidays too. JIAYOU!